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What wheels to go with?


Vroomer

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Currently wearing Opel GT rims the PO had on the car. Unique, yes. BMW, no.

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So, I've been collecting rims the past few months. (Cris, don't remind me of the one that got away. ;) lol)

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I'm leaning toward the Ronals. They just scream "I'm cooler because I have "Made in W Germany" stamped on me". Refinishing is a must.

Thoughts?

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My very...OK, extremely bisased suggestion...

I both loathe and despise the Bottlecaps. Makes the steering too heavy and just looks *wrong* ...especially on a roundie.

Refinish the Ronals, IMO...

...or buy my refinished 5.5 x 13 Octavo 100+ rims...

Delia

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At least the Opel wheels have the same offset as an 02 wheel has, give your PO some credit for that. I've seen some wheels on BMW's that the owners didn't ever consider offset into the equation. I'm sure they looked good to the owner and that's all that mattered.

G-Man

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id ditch the center caps and have the ronals powder coated.

The center cap was for the effect. I have a "master plan" for that part of the Ronals.

Off to the powder coater, Rob's shop, and the home brew shop. Oh wait, they're all in the SAME complex! ;-]

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2007 Jeep Wranger X with all the trimmings

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...I know many folks on this board feel otherwise, but I think bottlecaps look all wrong on an '02. Too clean, too modern, I feel they detract from the unique look of a 2002 and make it (to a layman's eyes) look kinda like a really old E30. Go Ronal.

Davin (who was in SF)

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I, too, vote for the Ronals. Like others, I'm not much of a bottlecap fan. I've been running the same set of 14x6 Ronals (V2s, mesh style, which was supposedly the last of 2 sets available in the US before they became NLA) for the past 20 years. Chrome rims w/ the mesh painted Chamonix to match my ' 75. They've been great wheels. I don't think you'd be disappointed w/ 'em after they're refinished.

Bob Napier

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Much better choice from Opel...

Delia

1973 2002tii - gone

Inka (aka "Orange Julius")

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1974 2002tii - gone

Polaris (aka "Mae West")

#2782824

1991 318is (aka) "O'Hara")

Brillantrot - High Visibility Daily Driver

BMW CCA #1974 (one of the 308)

deliawolfe@gmail.com

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With the 2 choices, I'd go for the Ronals. The other style I like are the steel e30 wheels that look like the Alpina steel wheels. Cool thing about these is they're 14" and will accomodate the bottlecap center caps.

Cris

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You're right that they're very unique, and they fit the character of a roundie well. Some blasting, a new coat of charcoal or silver paint, some little roundels in the centers and you'd never see your rims on another '02. Or almost never. And the Ronals aren't technically "BMW" either, from that standpoint.

I prefer to go for the subtly unique approach, like the 2000CS rims and caps that I got from Delia. I've yet to see another '02 with 'em. In the same vein, I ran Buick rims (with Pontiac centers) on the old Grand Le Mans I drove in high school; never saw another Poncho with that approach either. And even our Corolla wagon will be sporting Echo hubcaps this summer just to have SOMETHING a little different about the bland-mobile.

But if it's between the Ronals and the bottlecaps, well, I don't even think bottlecaps look that good on E30s...

-Dave

By the way, got a side pic of the whole car with the Opel rims? I'm just curious to see what it looks like.

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